I hope that everyone is having a great spring. I am doinggreat, happier each day to have joined this program. Here is an update of my whereabouts;I was not able to write about Paris anymore, but the whole trip in Europe wasawesome and I took side trips to Spain, Belgium and Holland. I am now in Japanbut I will write about it later this week, for now here is a little about mytrip in China:

I love China! Leaving Paris was hard, I had fallen in lovewith that city, but fortunately Shanghai was a great replacement, sorry Paris

.We arrived Sunday afternoon (15 hours ahead of Cali) and already I havedeclared that I love it here, love at first sight indeed.

Coming from such an expensive city, Shanghai appears twiceas cheap to us, possibly leading to over-shopping. It is estimated that onecould live here on $10 a day...but we are taking advantage of the undervaluedYuan and prefer to live like kings/queens. My treat after an 11 hourflight...an hour long foot massage for about 7 dollars! Simply amazing! I alsogot my hair washed (very common here), trimmed and styled for $11, oh did Imention that it includes a scalp, back and arm massage? And the same goes forfood, well if you have a native with you to help you order, let's just say thatsometimes you just don't know what you are going to get and once you get it youstill can't figure it out

. But, we are a lucky bunch because we have twoChinese girls in our group and they are helping us survive.

Erick took us to the acrobats' show-wow! It was worth everypenny or Yuan. It's amazing what the human body is capable of, take thechandelier girl for example at one point I couldn't tell her legsfrom her arms. The show truly exemplified the Chinese people and culture, verypeaceful, controlled, balanced, ordained, and full of grace and beauty.

The best thing so far is the tailor market. I have gonetwice and I ordered 3 suits, 2 shirts, 1 pair of pants, and counting. Shanghaiis known for its skilled tailors, which conjure in certain locations and offerquality products at incredibly low prices, allowing the customer to choose thefabric and meeting every specification requested. We simply can't believe ityet; I would come back to China simply to get more clothes made, of course.